Anthropic hired the New York Yankees of lobbying firms and are trying to achieve absolute godmode regulatory capture via fearmongering
They want absolute control over your exogenous thoughts
4:06 AM · Jun 10, 2026 · 6.6K Views
Extropic founder Guillaume Verdon accuses Anthropic of hiring a lobbying firm to pursue regulatory capture
He alleges Anthropic uses fear-based messaging to control development
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Many users criticized Anthropic for hiring a lobbying firm to push AI regulatory capture instead of shipping products, viewing the move as a cynical power grab that forgets common sense.
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Andrew Mayne@AndrewMayne
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Anthropic hired the New York Yankees of lobbying firms and are trying to achieve absolute godmode regulatory capture via fearmongering
They want absolute control over your exogenous thoughts
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Michael Hinrichs@Michae1Hinrichs
@beffjezos Misanthropic is a fitting rebrand.
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Pode vir@thiagoTF
@beffjezos anthropic playing chess with lobbyists when they should just ship
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C S@CSeaseasiv
@beffjezos They’re using AI to inform their strategy, I wonder if you could get Claude to predict their next move
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Space KKKaren@HeilSpaceKaren
@beffjezos We don’t care leave our country
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Klementine@N1ghtFableX
@beffjezos Imagine in the future people forget common sense
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UtahSteve@UtahSteve0
@beffjezos RSI achieved internally… pull up the ladder boys
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AstralWanderer@AstralWanderer9
@beffjezos this is how capitalism flows, actually this sophoning of Fable will accelerate entire race, this move made stakes sky high and shown reality of the lever, everybody will want their hand on it
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